I really enjoy the ministry and revelation of Pastor Ben Lim. At such a young age, he is well beyond his years in the wisdom he carries.
I know you will be highly encouraged in Ben's latest article about what God is mantling the Body with in this new season.
I hope you enjoy and grab hold of the revelation from Ben Lim here! (To Subscribe to the Elijah List subscribe here.)
The Biblical Meaning of the Number "Nine"
The number nine in the Bible stands for three things which I believe the Lord is declaring over the new year 5779:
1) Fullness
2) Fruitfulness
3) Finality
The Year of Fullness
This will be a year of fullness. All of your lack will turn into fulfillment. All of your emptiness will be flowing with milk and honey. This fullness will turn into glory overflowing. It is the will of God for you to be overflowing therefore, this is the year of your fullness!
There are nine gifts of the Spirit that are listed in the Word of God:
| "Jesus put an end to the works of the devil and judged the principalities once and for all on Mount Golgotha." |
"But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all: for to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another the word of knowledge through the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healings by the same Spirit, to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually as He wills." (1 Corinthians 12:7-11 NKJV)
I believe the Lord is mantling the Church with a greater measure of the gifts of the Holy Spirit. It's time for harvest! Therefore, it is time for these gifts to manifest, and the Lord is about to mantle His Church with a greater dimension of the operation of these nine gifts because of it. The Lord is maturing His Body in a whole new dimension of power, signs and wonders. The miracles are about to increase like never before.
This will be a year of manifest giftings. The Lord is about to expand you in the anointing of the Holy Spirit and expound upon you the gifts of the Holy Spirit. It is a year of entering and experiencing the fullness of Christ's Godhead here on the earth.
"For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, and in Christ you have been brought to fullness..." (Colossians 2:9-10 NIV)
This is a year of Christ's fullness in YOUR beloved Body. This is a year where the Lord is bringing you up into fullness as well as the Body of Christ at large – we will be brought up into the fullness of the Godhead.
The Year of Fruitfulness
This will be a year of major fruitfulness as well. The Lord has been maturing the Body of Christ in her character, manifesting through cultivating the fruit of the Spirit. As a result, the Church shall display more and more the nature of Jesus. We will be more and more like the image and likeness of the Father.
"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law." (Galatians 5:22-23 NIV)
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